From: [Pim admirer and fellow gay immigration reformist, soon
to be Midwest educator. Please don't use my name or
e-mail—I'm openly gay but a closeted conservative. Would
hate to miss out on a job opportunity if a
typical leftist educator sees my name.]

The
Netherlands' example as a successful, tolerant,
multicultural community has taken a dent with the
publication of a parliamentary report saying Dutch
society is becoming increasingly polarised, with
huge ethnic ghettos and subcultures tearing the
country apart.

It is
an issue which has been simmering away for years, but
only made the headlines two years ago when the radical
politician Pim Fortuyn, who was later
assassinated, called for an end to immigration.

The
report blamed successive Dutch governments for what had
previously been seen as a positive policy designed to
make life easier for immigrants - allowing them to be
taught in their native languages at primary school.

This
had merely perpetuated their alienation and prevented
them from integrating into Dutch society properly, it
said.

In what
would mark a reversal of a 30-year-old policy, the
report recommended that the country's Muslims should
henceforth effectively "become Dutch".